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        "id": 1784102,
        "msgid": "un-24-million-people-in-sahel-region-in-need-of-humanitarian-aid-1780831681",
        "date": "2026-06-04 14:02:22",
        "title": "UN: 24 Million People in Sahel Region in Need of Humanitarian Aid",
        "author": "Erdy Nasrul",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The United Nations has reported that approximately 24 million people across the Sahel region of Africa require urgent humanitarian assistance. The crisis is being driven by a combination of escalating armed conflict, severe climate change impacts, and massive displacement.",
        "content": "<p>The United Nations (UN) has revealed that approximately 24 million\npeople in the Sahel region of Africa are in need of humanitarian aid due\nto worsening armed conflict, the climate crisis, and increasing waves of\ndisplacement.<\/p>\n<p>UN Secretary-General Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric stated during a\ndaily press conference on Wednesday that the 2025 Humanitarian Needs and\nResponse Overview indicates an increasingly alarming humanitarian\nsituation in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, northern Cameroon, and\nnorth-eastern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence continues to spread across the region, with armed groups\nstrengthening their presence in the Central Sahel and the Lake Chad\nBasin,\u201d said Dujarric. According to him, rising insecurity has triggered\nmass displacement and forced the closure of schools and healthcare\nfacilities in several affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>The UN also highlighted the impact of climate change, which is\nexacerbating the crisis in the region. Dujarric noted that the Sahel\nregion is experiencing temperature increases faster than the global\naverage. Throughout 2025, approximately 590,000 people have been\naffected by flooding. Meanwhile, recurring droughts and land degradation\ncontinue to threaten the agricultural sector and the livelihoods of\nmillions of residents.<\/p>\n<p>To respond to the situation, the UN, along with its humanitarian\npartners, is expanding cash assistance programmes, strengthening\nanticipatory measures, and increasing support for local organisations.\nAccording to Dujarric, these steps are necessary to ensure that affected\ncommunities can cope with the growing needs amidst a crisis that shows\nno signs of abating.<\/p>\n<p>For many, the name Sahel may still sound unfamiliar. However, this\nregion is one of the most vulnerable in the world to humanitarian\ncrises. The Sahel is a vast area stretching south of the Sahara Desert,\nfrom Senegal in West Africa to Sudan in East Africa. This region serves\nas a transition zone between the arid desert and the greener, more\ndensely populated sub-Saharan African regions.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/un-24-million-people-in-sahel-region-in-need-of-humanitarian-aid-1780831681",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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